science of culture in Enlightenment Germany
By: Michael C. Carhart
Series: Harvard historical studies -- 159; Harvard historical studies -- v. 159
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780674026179
Subjects: Culture -- Historiography; Social evolution; Language and culture; Philosophy, German -- 18th century; Social sciences -- Germany -- History; Enlightenment -- Germany; Germany -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-351) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Words and things; title: Orientalism and reform; title: Culture and the origin of language; title: The search for the historical Plato; title: The search for the historical Homer; title: The search for the historical Moses; title: The sociology of ancient history; title: Three anthropologies; title: A scientific revolution; title: Conclusion: Enlightenment social science